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The Collapse of P3 Giant Carillion and Its Implications
Download 656.98 KB12 pages Carillion, a major global player in the promotion of Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) has gone into liquidation in the UK. The collapse…
Fast Facts: Community Economic Development in Manitoba and the Inclusive Economy
Manitoba is a province of economic growth and economic disparity. It is a province with low unemployment rates, diverse development, and incredible resource wealth. On…
Planning for progress: Minimum wage increase is a correction long overdue
The recent minimum wage increase in Ontario has underscored business sector fear-mongering and mainstream media’s misreporting of the projected economic impacts.
12 arguments for the $15 minimum wage debate
Discussions about raising the minimum wage for workers often generate maximum rage from business. But is there any truth to the arguments and fear mongering?…
BC Solutions: News and commentary from the CCPA’s BC Office
January 2018 Download 3.23 MB12 pages In this issue: Fossil fuel industry accustomed to guarding the hen house, documents reveal Call for public inquiry into…
Media get it wrong on Bank of Canada minimum wage study
Over a million workers in Ontario just got a big raise thanks to tireless, bottom-up organizing, but to hear the media tell it, this is…
Record-breaking CEO pay now 209 times more than average worker
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA – For the first time, Canada’s 100 highest paid CEOs netted 209 times more than the average worker made…
Indigenous Workers and Unions
The Case of Winnipeg’s CUPE 500 Download 869.69 KB36 pages Indigenous people have worked for wages for more than 150 years in Canada, and before…
A Deficit Worth Worrying About: The Gendered And Racialized Wage Gap
I was really hoping the recent release of Census data would bring good news: wage gap closed! Racial discrimination gone! Equality achieved! Not so much.…
The Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage in Saskatchewan
Download 841.39 KB12 pages In The Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage in Saskatchewan, University of Regina Business professor Dr. Andrew Stevens explodes many of…
Racialized Canadians continue to face barriers to decent work
Census data released by Statistics Canada today show us that racialized Canadians are more than willing to work but the barriers to finding employment that…
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